Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 129
BvP 4 129.1
नारायण उवाच श्रीकृष्णो भगवांस्तत्र परिपूर्णतमः प्रभुः । दृष्ट्वा सारोक्यमोक्षं च सद्यो गोकुलवासिनाम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca śrīkṛṣṇo bhagavāṃstatra paripūrṇatamaḥ prabhuḥ | dṛṣṭvā sārokyamokṣaṃ ca sadyo gokulavāsinām
Nārāyaṇa said: There the blessed Śrīkṛṣṇa, the wholly complete Lord, having seen (granted) at once liberation consisting in dwelling in the same abode for the inhabitants of Gokula—
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BvP 4 129.2
उवास पञ्चभिर्गोपैर्भाण्डीरे वटमूलके । ददर्श गोकुलं सर्व गोकुलं व्याकुलं तथा
uvāsa pañcabhirgopairbhāṇḍīre vaṭamūlake | dadarśa gokulaṃ sarva gokulaṃ vyākulaṃ tathā
—dwelt with five cowherds at Bhāṇḍīra, at the foot of the banyan tree. He saw all of Gokula, and Gokula (was) distraught,
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BvP 4 129.3
अरक्षकं च व्यस्तं च शून्यं वृन्दावनं वनम् । योगेनामृतवृष्ट्या च कृपया च कृपानिधिः
arakṣakaṃ ca vyastaṃ ca śūnyaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ vanam | yogenāmṛtavṛṣṭyā ca kṛpayā ca kṛpānidhiḥ
and unprotected and scattered, and the Vṛndāvana forest empty; then the treasury of compassion, by his yogic power and by a rain of nectar and by his grace,
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BvP 4 129.4
गोपीभिश्च तथा गोपैः परिपूर्णं चकार सः । तथा वृन्दावनं चैव सुरम्यं च मनोहरम्
gopībhiśca tathā gopaiḥ paripūrṇaṃ cakāra saḥ | tathā vṛndāvanaṃ caiva suramyaṃ ca manoharam
he made it full again with gopīs and likewise with gopas, and Vṛndāvana too (he made) most delightful and charming.
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BvP 4 129.5
गोकुलस्थाश्च गोपाश्च समाश्वासं चकार सः । उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं हितं नीतं च दुर्लभम्
gokulasthāśca gopāśca samāśvāsaṃ cakāra saḥ | uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ hitaṃ nītaṃ ca durlabham
And he comforted the cowherds who were in Gokula; he spoke a sweet speech, beneficial, well-conducted, and hard to obtain.
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BvP 4 129.6
श्री भगवानुवाच हे गोपगण हे बन्धो सुखं तिष्ठ स्थिरो भव । रमणं प्रियया सार्धं सुरम्यं रासमण्डलम्
śrī bhagavānuvāca he gopagaṇa he bandho sukhaṃ tiṣṭha sthiro bhava | ramaṇaṃ priyayā sārdhaṃ suramyaṃ rāsamaṇḍalam
The blessed Lord said: O company of cowherds, O friend, dwell in happiness, be steadfast; (here is) the sport with the beloved, the most delightful circle of the rāsa dance.
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BvP 4 129.7
तावत्प्रभृति कृष्णस्य पुण्ये वृन्दावने वने । अधिष्ठानं च सततं यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ
tāvatprabhṛti kṛṣṇasya puṇye vṛndāvane vane | adhiṣṭhānaṃ ca satataṃ yāvaccandradivākarau
From that time on, Kṛṣṇa's seat is constantly in the holy forest of Vṛndāvana, as long as moon and sun (endure).
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BvP 4 129.8
तथा जगाम भाण्डीरं विधाता जगतामपि । स्वयं शेषश्च धर्मश्च भवान्या च भवःस्वयम्
tathā jagāma bhāṇḍīraṃ vidhātā jagatāmapi | svayaṃ śeṣaśca dharmaśca bhavānyā ca bhavaḥsvayam
Then to Bhāṇḍīra there came the Creator of the worlds himself, and Śeṣa, and Dharma, and Bhava himself with Bhavānī,
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BvP 4 129.9
सूर्यश्चापि महेन्द्रश्च चन्द्रश्चापि हुनाशनः । कुबेरो वरुणश्चैव पवनश्च यमस्तथा
sūryaścāpi mahendraśca candraścāpi hunāśanaḥ | kubero varuṇaścaiva pavanaśca yamastathā
and the Sun, and great Indra, and the Moon, and Fire, Kubera and Varuṇa, and the Wind, and Yama likewise,
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BvP 4 129.10
ईशानश्चापि देवाश्च वसवोऽष्टौ तथैव च । सर्वे ग्रहाश्च रुद्राश्च मुनयो मनवस्तथा
īśānaścāpi devāśca vasavo'ṣṭau tathaiva ca | sarve grahāśca rudrāśca munayo manavastathā
and Īśāna too, and the gods, and the eight Vasus as well, and all the planets and the Rudras, the sages and the Manus.
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BvP 4 129.11
त्वरिताश्चाऽऽययुः सर्वे यत्राऽऽस्ते भगवान्प्रभुः । प्रणम्य दण्डवद्भूभौ तमुवाच विधिः स्वयम्
tvaritāścā''yayuḥ sarve yatrā''ste bhagavānprabhuḥ | praṇamya daṇḍavadbhūbhau tamuvāca vidhiḥ svayam
All came in haste to where the blessed Lord was; bowing prostrate on the ground, the Creator himself spoke to him.
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BvP 4 129.12
ब्रह्मवाच परिबूर्णतम् ब्रह्मस्वरूप नित्यविग्रह । ज्योतिःस्वरूप परम नमोऽस्तु प्रकृतेः पर
brahmavāca paribūrṇatam brahmasvarūpa nityavigraha | jyotiḥsvarūpa parama namo'stu prakṛteḥ para
Brahmā said: O wholly complete one, whose form is Brahman, whose body is eternal, whose nature is light, supreme one—homage to you who are beyond primal nature.
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BvP 4 129.13
सुनिर्लिप्त निराकार साकार ध्यानहेतुना । स्वेच्छामय परं धाम परमात्मन्नमोऽस्तु ते
sunirlipta nirākāra sākāra dhyānahetunā | svecchāmaya paraṃ dhāma paramātmannamo'stu te
Wholly unattached, formless, yet with form for the sake of meditation, acting by your own will, supreme abode, Supreme Self—homage to you.
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BvP 4 129.14
सर्वकार्यस्वरूपेश कारणानां च कारण । ब्रह्मेशशेषदेवेश सर्वेश ते नo
sarvakāryasvarūpeśa kāraṇānāṃ ca kāraṇa | brahmeśaśeṣadeveśa sarveśa te nao
Lord whose form is every effect, cause of causes, Lord of Brahmā, Śiva, Śeṣa and the gods, Lord of all—homage to you.
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BvP 4 129.15
सरस्वतीश पद्मेश पार्वतीश परात्पर । हे सावित्रीश राधेश रासेश्वर नo
sarasvatīśa padmeśa pārvatīśa parātpara | he sāvitrīśa rādheśa rāseśvara nao
Lord of Sarasvatī, lord of Padmā (Lakṣmī), lord of Pārvatī, higher than the highest, O lord of Sāvitrī, lord of Rādhā, master of the rāsa—homage.
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BvP 4 129.16
सर्वेषामादिभूतर्स्त्वं सर्वः सर्वेश्वरस्तथा । सर्वपाता च संहर्ता सृष्टिरूप नo
sarveṣāmādibhūtarstvaṃ sarvaḥ sarveśvarastathā | sarvapātā ca saṃhartā sṛṣṭirūpa nao
You are the primal being of all, you are all, and the Lord of all; protector of all and destroyer, whose form is creation—homage.
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BvP 4 129.17
त्वत्पादपद्मरजसा धन्या पूता वसुंधरा । शून्यरूपा त्वयि गते हे नाथ परमं पदम्
tvatpādapadmarajasā dhanyā pūtā vasuṃdharā | śūnyarūpā tvayi gate he nātha paramaṃ padam
By the dust of your lotus feet the earth is blessed and purified; when you have gone, O Lord, to the supreme station, she becomes empty.
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BvP 4 129.18
यत्पञ्चविंशत्यधिकं वर्षाणां शतकं गतम् । त्यक्त्वेमां स्वपदं यासि रुदतीं विरहातुराम्
yatpañcaviṃśatyadhikaṃ varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ gatam | tyaktvemāṃ svapadaṃ yāsi rudatīṃ virahāturām
A hundred years and twenty-five more have passed; abandoning her weeping and afflicted by separation, you go to your own abode.
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BvP 4 129.19
महादेव उवाच ब्रह्मणा प्रार्थितस्त्वं च समागत्य वसुंधराम् । भूभारहरणं कृत्वा प्रयासि स्वपदं विभो
mahādeva uvāca brahmaṇā prārthitastvaṃ ca samāgatya vasuṃdharām | bhūbhāraharaṇaṃ kṛtvā prayāsi svapadaṃ vibho
Mahādeva said: Entreated by Brahmā, you came to the earth, and having removed the burden of the earth you now go to your own abode, O all-pervading one.
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BvP 4 129.20
त्रैलोक्ये पृथिवी धन्या सद्यः पूता पदाङ्किता । वयं च मुनयो धन्याः साक्षाद्दृष्ट्वा पदाम्बुजम्
trailokye pṛthivī dhanyā sadyaḥ pūtā padāṅkitā | vayaṃ ca munayo dhanyāḥ sākṣāddṛṣṭvā padāmbujam
In the three worlds the earth is blessed, at once purified, marked by (his) feet; and we sages are blessed, having seen the lotus foot with our own eyes.
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BvP 4 129.21
ध्यानासाध्यो दुराराध्यो मुनीनामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् । अस्माकमपि यश्चेशः सोऽधुना चाक्षुषो भुवि
dhyānāsādhyo durārādhyo munīnāmūrdhvaretasām | asmākamapi yaśceśaḥ so'dhunā cākṣuṣo bhuvi
He who is not to be reached by meditation, hard to propitiate even for sages whose seed flows upward, who is Lord even of us — he is now visible to the eye upon the earth.
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BvP 4 129.22
वासुः सर्वनिवासश्च विश्वनि यस्य लोमसु । देवस्तस्य महाविष्णुर्वासुदेवो महीतले
vāsuḥ sarvanivāsaśca viśvani yasya lomasu | devastasya mahāviṣṇurvāsudevo mahītale
He is Vāsu, the dwelling-place of all, in whose body-hairs are the universes; that god, Mahāviṣṇu, is Vāsudeva on the surface of the earth.
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BvP 4 129.23
सुचिरं तपसा लब्धं सिद्धेन्द्राणां सुदुर्लभम् । यत्पादपद्ममतुलं चाक्षुषं सर्वजीविनाम्
suciraṃ tapasā labdhaṃ siddhendrāṇāṃ sudurlabham | yatpādapadmamatulaṃ cākṣuṣaṃ sarvajīvinām
That incomparable lotus foot, won by long austerity, very hard to obtain (even) for the foremost of the Siddhas, is (now) visible to the eyes of all living beings.
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BvP 4 129.24
अनन्त उवाच त्वमनन्तो हि भगवन्नाहमेव कलांशकः । विश्वैकस्थे क्षुद्रकूर्मे मशकोऽहं गजे यथा
ananta uvāca tvamananto hi bhagavannāhameva kalāṃśakaḥ | viśvaikasthe kṣudrakūrme maśako'haṃ gaje yathā
Ananta said: You indeed are the infinite one, Lord; I am but a fraction of a portion. On the little tortoise on which the whole universe rests, I am like a mosquito upon an elephant.
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BvP 4 129.25
असंख्यशेषाः कूर्माश्च ब्रह्मविषणुशिवात्मकाः । असंख्यानि च विश्वानि तेषामीशः स्वयं भवान्
asaṃkhyaśeṣāḥ kūrmāśca brahmaviṣaṇuśivātmakāḥ | asaṃkhyāni ca viśvāni teṣāmīśaḥ svayaṃ bhavān
Countless are the Śeṣas and the Kūrmas, and (the beings) whose selves are Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva; countless too are the universes; you yourself are their Lord.
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BvP 4 129.26
अस्माकमीदृशं नाथ सुदिनं क्व भविष्यति । स्वप्नादृष्टश्चयश्चेशः स दृष्टः सर्वजीविनाम्
asmākamīdṛśaṃ nātha sudinaṃ kva bhaviṣyati | svapnādṛṣṭaścayaśceśaḥ sa dṛṣṭaḥ sarvajīvinām
Lord, where will such a fine day as this be ours (again)? He who is the Lord, unseen even in dream, has been seen by all living beings.
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BvP 4 129.27
नाथ प्रयासि गोलोकं पूतां कृत्वा वसुंधराम् । तामनाथां रुदन्तीं च निमग्नां शोकसागरे
nātha prayāsi golokaṃ pūtāṃ kṛtvā vasuṃdharām | tāmanāthāṃ rudantīṃ ca nimagnāṃ śokasāgare
Lord, you are going to Goloka, having made the earth pure — leaving her masterless, weeping, sunk in an ocean of grief.
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BvP 4 129.28
देवा ऊचुः वेदाःस्तोतुं न शक्ता यं ब्रह्मेशानादयस्तथा । तमेव स्तवनं किं वा वयं कुर्मो नमोऽस्तु ते
devā ūcuḥ vedāḥstotuṃ na śaktā yaṃ brahmeśānādayastathā | tameva stavanaṃ kiṃ vā vayaṃ kurmo namo'stu te
The gods said: Him whom the Vedas are unable to praise, and likewise Brahmā, Īśāna and the rest — what praise, then, can we make of him? Homage be to you.
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BvP 4 129.29
इत्येवमुक्त्वा देवास्ते प्रययुर्द्वारकां पुरीम् । तत्रस्थं भगवन्तं च द्रष्टुं शीघ्रं मुदाऽन्विताः
ityevamuktvā devāste prayayurdvārakāṃ purīm | tatrasthaṃ bhagavantaṃ ca draṣṭuṃ śīghraṃ mudā'nvitāḥ
Having spoken thus, those gods went to the city of Dvārakā, filled with joy, to see quickly the Lord who was staying there.
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BvP 4 129.30
अथ तेषां च गोपाला ययुर्गोलोकमुत्तमम् । पृथिवी कम्पिता भीता चलन्तः सप्तसागराः
atha teṣāṃ ca gopālā yayurgolokamuttamam | pṛthivī kampitā bhītā calantaḥ saptasāgarāḥ
Then their cowherds went to the highest Goloka; the earth was shaken with fear, and the seven oceans were astir.
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BvP 4 129.31
हतश्रियं द्वारकां च त्यक्त्वा च ब्रह्मशापतः । मूर्तिं कदम्बमूलस्थां विवेश राधिकेश्वरः
hataśriyaṃ dvārakāṃ ca tyaktvā ca brahmaśāpataḥ | mūrtiṃ kadambamūlasthāṃ viveśa rādhikeśvaraḥ
Abandoning Dvārakā, whose splendour was destroyed through Brahmā's curse, the Lord of Rādhikā entered the form that stood at the foot of the kadamba tree.
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BvP 4 129.32
ते सर्वे चैरकायुद्धे निपेतुर्यादवास्तथा । चितामारुह्य देव्यश्च प्रययुः स्वामिभिः सह
te sarve cairakāyuddhe nipeturyādavāstathā | citāmāruhya devyaśca prayayuḥ svāmibhiḥ saha
All those Yādavas fell in the battle of the eraka reeds; and the women, mounting the pyre, went off together with their husbands.
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BvP 4 129.33
अर्जुनः स्वपुरं गत्वा समुवाच युधिष्ठिरम् । स राजा भ्रातृभिः सार्धं ययौ स्वर्गं च भार्यया
arjunaḥ svapuraṃ gatvā samuvāca yudhiṣṭhiram | sa rājā bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ yayau svargaṃ ca bhāryayā
Arjuna, having gone to his own city, told Yudhiṣṭhira; that king, together with his brothers and his wife, went to heaven.
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BvP 4 129.34
दृष्ट्वा कदम्बमूलस्थं तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम् । देवा ब्रह्मादयस्ते च प्रणेमुर्भक्तिपूर्वकम्
dṛṣṭvā kadambamūlasthaṃ tiṣṭhantaṃ parameśvaram | devā brahmādayaste ca praṇemurbhaktipūrvakam
Seeing the Supreme Lord standing at the foot of the kadamba tree, the gods, Brahmā and the rest, bowed down with devotion.
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BvP 4 129.35
तुष्टुवुः परमात्मानं देवं नारायणं प्रभुम् । श्यामं किशोरवयसं भूषितं रत्नभूषणैः
tuṣṭuvuḥ paramātmānaṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum | śyāmaṃ kiśoravayasaṃ bhūṣitaṃ ratnabhūṣaṇaiḥ
They praised the Supreme Self, the god Nārāyaṇa, the Lord, dark-hued, of youthful age, adorned with jewelled ornaments,
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BvP 4 129.36
वह्निशुद्धांशुकाधानं शोभितं वनमालया । अतीव सुन्दरं शान्तं लक्ष्मीकान्तं मनोहरम्
vahniśuddhāṃśukādhānaṃ śobhitaṃ vanamālayā | atīva sundaraṃ śāntaṃ lakṣmīkāntaṃ manoharam
wearing cloth pure as fire, made lovely by a garland of forest flowers, exceedingly beautiful, calm, the beloved of Lakṣmī, captivating the mind,
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BvP 4 129.37
व्याधास्त्रसंयुतं पादपद्मं पद्मादिवन्दितम् । दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मादिदेवांस्तानभयं सस्मितं ददौ
vyādhāstrasaṃyutaṃ pādapadmaṃ padmādivanditam | dṛṣṭvā brahmādidevāṃstānabhayaṃ sasmitaṃ dadau
his lotus foot, worshipped by Padmā and the others, joined with the hunter's arrow. Seeing those gods, Brahmā and the rest, he smiled and granted them freedom from fear.
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BvP 4 129.38
पृथिवीं तां समाश्वास्य रुदतीं प्रेमविह्वलाम् । व्याधं प्रस्थापयामास परं स्वपदमुत्तमम्
pṛthivīṃ tāṃ samāśvāsya rudatīṃ premavihvalām | vyādhaṃ prasthāpayāmāsa paraṃ svapadamuttamam
Having consoled that Earth, who wept overwhelmed with love, he sent the hunter to the supreme, highest abode, his own.
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BvP 4 129.39
बलस्य तेजः शेषे च विवेश परमाद्भुतम् । प्रद्युम्नस्य च कामे वै वाऽनिरुद्धस्य ब्रह्मणि
balasya tejaḥ śeṣe ca viveśa paramādbhutam | pradyumnasya ca kāme vai vā'niruddhasya brahmaṇi
Bala's utterly wondrous radiance entered into Śeṣa, Pradyumna's into Kāma, and Aniruddha's into Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.40
अयोनिसंभवा देवी महालक्ष्मीश्च रुक्मिणी । वैकुण्ठं प्रययौ साक्षात्स्वशरीरेण नारद
ayonisaṃbhavā devī mahālakṣmīśca rukmiṇī | vaikuṇṭhaṃ prayayau sākṣātsvaśarīreṇa nārada
The goddess Mahālakṣmī, Rukmiṇī, born from no womb, went to Vaikuṇṭha in person, with her own body, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.41
सत्यभामा पृथिव्यां च विवेश कमलालया । स्वयं जाम्बवती देवी पार्वत्यां विश्वमातरि
satyabhāmā pṛthivyāṃ ca viveśa kamalālayā | svayaṃ jāmbavatī devī pārvatyāṃ viśvamātari
And Satyabhāmā, whose abode is the lotus, entered into the Earth; the goddess Jāmbavatī herself (entered) into Pārvatī, the mother of the universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.42
या या देव्यश्च यासां चाप्यंशरुपाश्च भूतले । तस्यां तस्यां प्रविविशुस्ता एव च पृथक्पृथक्
yā yā devyaśca yāsāṃ cāpyaṃśarupāśca bhūtale | tasyāṃ tasyāṃ praviviśustā eva ca pṛthakpṛthak
And whatever goddesses there were, and whichever of them had portion-forms on the earth, into her and into her those (portion-forms) entered, each one separately.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.43
साम्बस्य तेजः स्कन्दे च विवेश परमाद्भुतम् । कश्यपे वसुदेवश्चाप्यदिव्यां देवकी तथा
sāmbasya tejaḥ skande ca viveśa paramādbhutam | kaśyape vasudevaścāpyadivyāṃ devakī tathā
Sāmba's most wondrous radiance entered into Skanda; and Vasudeva (entered) into Kaśyapa, and Devakī likewise into Aditi.
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BvP 4 129.44
रुक्मिणीमन्दिरं त्यकत्वा समस्तां द्वारकां पुरीम् । स जग्राह समुद्रश्च प्रफुल्लवदनेक्षणः
rukmiṇīmandiraṃ tyakatvā samastāṃ dvārakāṃ purīm | sa jagrāha samudraśca praphullavadanekṣaṇaḥ
Leaving aside Rukmiṇī's palace, the ocean, with beaming face and eyes, took the whole city of Dvārakā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.45
लपणोदः समागत्य तुष्टाव पुरुषोत्तमम् । रुरोद तद्वियोगेन साश्रुनेत्रश्च विह्वलः
lapaṇodaḥ samāgatya tuṣṭāva puruṣottamam | ruroda tadviyogena sāśrunetraśca vihvalaḥ
The salt ocean, having come, praised the Supreme Person; he wept at separation from him, his eyes full of tears, overwhelmed.
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BvP 4 129.46
गङ्गा सरस्वती पद्मावती च यमुना तथा । गोदावरी स्वर्णरेखा कावेरी नर्मदा मुने
gaṅgā sarasvatī padmāvatī ca yamunā tathā | godāvarī svarṇarekhā kāverī narmadā mune
Gaṅgā, Sarasvatī, and Padmāvatī, and Yamunā likewise, Godāvarī, Svarṇarekhā, Kāverī, Narmadā, O sage,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.47
शरावती बाहृदा च कृतमाला च पुण्यदा । समाययुश्च ताः सर्वाः प्रणेमुः परमेश्वरम्
śarāvatī bāhṛdā ca kṛtamālā ca puṇyadā | samāyayuśca tāḥ sarvāḥ praṇemuḥ parameśvaram
Śarāvatī and Bāhṛdā, and Kṛtamālā, and Puṇyadā — all these came together and bowed to the Supreme Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.48
उवाच जाह्नवी देवी रुदती परमेश्वरम् । साश्रुनेत्राऽतिदीना सा विरहज्वरकातरा
uvāca jāhnavī devī rudatī parameśvaram | sāśrunetrā'tidīnā sā virahajvarakātarā
The goddess Jāhnavī, weeping, spoke to the Supreme Lord — she with tearful eyes, utterly wretched, tormented by the fever of separation:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.49
भागीरथयुवाच हे नाथ रमणश्रेष्ठ यासि गोलोकमुत्तमम् । अस्माकं का गतिश्चात्र भविष्यति कलौ युगे
bhāgīrathayuvāca he nātha ramaṇaśreṣṭha yāsi golokamuttamam | asmākaṃ kā gatiścātra bhaviṣyati kalau yuge
Bhāgīrathī said: O Lord, best of lovers, you are going to the highest Goloka. What refuge will there be for us here in the Kali age?
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BvP 4 129.50
श्रीभगवानुवाच कलेः पञ्चसहस्राणि वर्षाणि तिष्ठ भूतले । पापानि पापिनो यानि तुभ्यं दास्यन्ति स्नानत
śrībhagavānuvāca kaleḥ pañcasahasrāṇi varṣāṇi tiṣṭha bhūtale | pāpāni pāpino yāni tubhyaṃ dāsyanti snānata
The Blessed Lord said: Remain on the earth for five thousand years of Kali. Whatever sins the sinners will give over to you through bathing,
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BvP 4 129.51
मन्मन्त्रोपासकस्पर्शाद्भस्मीभूतानि तत्क्षणात् । भविष्यन्ति दर्शनाच्च स्नानादेव हि जाह्नवि
manmantropāsakasparśādbhasmībhūtāni tatkṣaṇāt | bhaviṣyanti darśanācca snānādeva hi jāhnavi
those, by the touch of one who worships my mantra, will in that very instant become ash — indeed by the mere sight (of such a one), and by bathing, O Jāhnavī.
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BvP 4 129.52
हरेर्नामानि यत्रैव पुराणानि भवन्ति हि । तत्र गत्वा सावधानमाभिः सार्धं च श्रोष्यसि
harernāmāni yatraiva purāṇāni bhavanti hi | tatra gatvā sāvadhānamābhiḥ sārdhaṃ ca śroṣyasi
Wherever the names of Hari and the Purāṇas occur, going there you shall listen attentively together with these (rivers).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.53
पुराणश्रवणाच्चैव हरेर्नामानुकीर्तनात् । भस्मीभूतानि पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च
purāṇaśravaṇāccaiva harernāmānukīrtanāt | bhasmībhūtāni pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca
And by the hearing of the Purāṇas and by the repeated chanting of Hari's names, sins, even the killing of a brahmin and the like, are reduced to ash;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.54
भस्मीभूतानि तान्येव वैष्णवालिङ्गनेन च । तृणानि शुष्ककाष्ठानि दहन्ति पावका यथा
bhasmībhūtāni tānyeva vaiṣṇavāliṅganena ca | tṛṇāni śuṣkakāṣṭhāni dahanti pāvakā yathā
and those same (sins) are reduced to ash by the embrace of a Vaiṣṇava — just as fires burn up grasses and dry sticks,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.55
तथाऽपि वैष्णवा लोके पापानि पापिनामपि । पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यपि च जाह्नवि
tathā'pi vaiṣṇavā loke pāpāni pāpināmapi | pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni puṇyānyapi ca jāhnavi
so too do Vaiṣṇavas in this world (burn up) the sins even of sinners. And whatever holy places on earth are meritorious, O Jāhnavī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.56
मद्भक्तानां शरीरेषु सन्ति पूतेषु संततम् । मद्भक्तपादरजसा सद्यः पूता वसुंधरा
madbhaktānāṃ śarīreṣu santi pūteṣu saṃtatam | madbhaktapādarajasā sadyaḥ pūtā vasuṃdharā
they exist perpetually in the purified bodies of my devotees; by the dust of my devotees' feet the earth is at once made pure,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.57
सद्यः पूतानि तीर्थानि सद्याः पूतं जगत्तथा । मन्मन्त्रोपासका विप्रा ये मदुच्छिष्टभोजिनः
sadyaḥ pūtāni tīrthāni sadyāḥ pūtaṃ jagattathā | manmantropāsakā viprā ye maducchiṣṭabhojinaḥ
at once the holy places are made pure, and at once the world is made pure. Those brahmins who worship my mantra, who eat the remnants of my food,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.58
मामेव नित्यं ध्यायन्ते ते मत्प्राणाधिकाः प्रियाः । तदुपस्पर्शमात्रेण पूतो वायुश्च पावकः
māmeva nityaṃ dhyāyante te matprāṇādhikāḥ priyāḥ | tadupasparśamātreṇa pūto vāyuśca pāvakaḥ
who meditate constantly on me alone — they are dearer to me than my own life. By the mere touch of them, wind and fire are purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.59
कलेर्दशसहस्राणि मद्भक्ताः सन्ति भूतले । एकवर्णा भविष्यन्ति मद्भक्तेषु गतेषु च
kalerdaśasahasrāṇi madbhaktāḥ santi bhūtale | ekavarṇā bhaviṣyanti madbhakteṣu gateṣu ca
For ten thousand (years) of Kali my devotees exist on the earth; and when my devotees have departed, (men) will become of a single caste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.60
मद्भक्तशून्या पृथिवी कलिग्रस्ता भविष्यति । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र कृष्णदेहाद्विनिर्गतः
madbhaktaśūnyā pṛthivī kaligrastā bhaviṣyati | etasminnantare tatra kṛṣṇadehādvinirgataḥ
The earth, empty of my devotees, will be gripped by Kali. Meanwhile, at that moment, there came forth from Kṛṣṇa's body —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.61
चतुर्भुजश्च पुरुषः शतचन्द्रसमप्रभः । शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मधरः श्रीवत्सलाञ्छनः
caturbhujaśca puruṣaḥ śatacandrasamaprabhaḥ | śaṅkhacakragadāpadmadharaḥ śrīvatsalāñchanaḥ
— a four-armed Person, with radiance equal to a hundred moons, bearing conch, discus, mace and lotus, marked with the śrīvatsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.62
सुन्दरं रथमारुह्य श्रीरोदं स जगाम ह । सिन्धुकन्या च प्रययौ स्वयं मूर्तिमती सती
sundaraṃ rathamāruhya śrīrodaṃ sa jagāma ha | sindhukanyā ca prayayau svayaṃ mūrtimatī satī
Mounting a beautiful chariot, he went to the Ocean of Milk; and the daughter of the ocean too went along, herself embodied, the chaste one —
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BvP 4 129.63
श्रीकृष्णमनसा जाता मर्त्यलक्ष्मीर्मनोहरा । श्वेतद्वीपं गते विष्णौ जगत्पालनकर्तरि
śrīkṛṣṇamanasā jātā martyalakṣmīrmanoharā | śvetadvīpaṃ gate viṣṇau jagatpālanakartari
— the charming Lakṣmī of the mortal world, born from Śrī Kṛṣṇa's mind. When Viṣṇu, the protector of the world, had gone to the White Island,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.64
शुद्धसत्त्वस्वरूपे च द्विधारूपो बभूव सः । दक्षिणांशश्च द्विभुजो गोपबारकरूपकः
śuddhasattvasvarūpe ca dvidhārūpo babhūva saḥ | dakṣiṇāṃśaśca dvibhujo gopabārakarūpakaḥ
whose nature is pure being, he became of twofold form: the right portion, two-armed, in the shape of a cowherd boy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.65
नपीनजलदश्यामः शोभितः पीतवाससा । श्रीवंशवदनः श्रीमान्सस्मितः पद्मलोचनः
napīnajaladaśyāmaḥ śobhitaḥ pītavāsasā | śrīvaṃśavadanaḥ śrīmānsasmitaḥ padmalocanaḥ
dark as a fresh rain-cloud, adorned with yellow garments, holding the flute at his lovely mouth, glorious, smiling, lotus-eyed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.66
शतकोटीन्दुसौन्दर्यं शतकोटिस्मरप्रभाम् । दधानः परमानन्दः परिबूर्णतमः प्रभुः
śatakoṭīndusaundaryaṃ śatakoṭismaraprabhām | dadhānaḥ paramānandaḥ paribūrṇatamaḥ prabhuḥ
bearing the beauty of a billion moons and the splendour of a billion Loves — supreme bliss, the utterly complete Lord,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.67
परं धाम परं ब्रह्मस्वरूपो निर्गुणः स्वयम् । परमात्मा च सर्वेषां भक्तानुग्रहविग्रहः
paraṃ dhāma paraṃ brahmasvarūpo nirguṇaḥ svayam | paramātmā ca sarveṣāṃ bhaktānugrahavigrahaḥ
the supreme abode, himself of the nature of the supreme Brahman, without qualities, the Supreme Self of all, whose body is grace toward his devotees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.68
नित्यदेहश्च भगवानीश्वरः प्रकृतेः परः । योगिनो यं वदन्त्येवं ज्योतीरूपं सनातनम्
nityadehaśca bhagavānīśvaraḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ | yogino yaṃ vadantyevaṃ jyotīrūpaṃ sanātanam
with an eternal body, the Blessed Lord, beyond material nature — whom the yogins thus declare to be the everlasting form of light,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.69
ज्योतिरम्यन्तरे नित्यरूपं भक्ता विदन्ति यम् । वेदा वदन्ति सत्यं यं नित्यमाद्यं विचक्षणाः
jyotiramyantare nityarūpaṃ bhaktā vidanti yam | vedā vadanti satyaṃ yaṃ nityamādyaṃ vicakṣaṇāḥ
whom the devotees know as the eternal form within the light, whom the discerning Vedas declare to be truth, eternal, primordial,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.70
यं वदन्ति सुराः सर्वे परं स्वेच्छामयं प्रभूम् । सिद्धेन्द्रा मुनयः सर्वे सर्वरूपं वदन्ति यम्
yaṃ vadanti surāḥ sarve paraṃ svecchāmayaṃ prabhūm | siddhendrā munayaḥ sarve sarvarūpaṃ vadanti yam
whom all the gods declare to be the supreme Lord acting by his own will, whom all the chief Siddhas and sages declare to be of every form,
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BvP 4 129.71
यमनिर्वचनीयं च योगीन्द्रः शंकरो वदेत् । स्वयं विधाता प्रवदेत्कारणानां च कारणम्
yamanirvacanīyaṃ ca yogīndraḥ śaṃkaro vadet | svayaṃ vidhātā pravadetkāraṇānāṃ ca kāraṇam
whom Śaṅkara, the lord of yogins, would call the indescribable; whom the Creator himself would proclaim the cause of causes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.72
शेषो वदेदनन्तं यं नवधारूपमीश्वरम् । तर्काणामेव षण्णां च षड्विधं रूपमीप्सितम्
śeṣo vadedanantaṃ yaṃ navadhārūpamīśvaram | tarkāṇāmeva ṣaṇṇāṃ ca ṣaḍvidhaṃ rūpamīpsitam
whom Śeṣa would call the endless Lord of ninefold form; and for the six systems of reasoning the desired form is sixfold,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.73
वैष्णवानामेकरूपं वेदानामेकमेव च । पुराणानामेकरूपं तस्मान्नवविधं स्मृतम्
vaiṣṇavānāmekarūpaṃ vedānāmekameva ca | purāṇānāmekarūpaṃ tasmānnavavidhaṃ smṛtam
for the Vaiṣṇavas one form, for the Vedas likewise one, and for the Purāṇas one form — hence it is remembered as ninefold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.74
न्यायोऽनिर्वचनीयं च यं मतं शंकरो वदेत् । नित्यं वैशेषिकाश्चाऽऽद्यं तं वदन्ति विचक्षणाः
nyāyo'nirvacanīyaṃ ca yaṃ mataṃ śaṃkaro vadet | nityaṃ vaiśeṣikāścā''dyaṃ taṃ vadanti vicakṣaṇāḥ
Nyāya (holds him) the indescribable, which view Śaṅkara would state; the Vaiśeṣikas call him eternal, and the discerning call him primordial.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.75
सांख्य वदन्ति तं देवं ज्योतीरूपं सनातनम् । मीमांसा सर्वरूपं च वेदान्तः सर्वकारणम्
sāṃkhya vadanti taṃ devaṃ jyotīrūpaṃ sanātanam | mīmāṃsā sarvarūpaṃ ca vedāntaḥ sarvakāraṇam
The Sāṃkhyas call that god the everlasting form of light; Mīmāṃsā (calls him) of every form, and Vedānta the cause of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.76
पातञ्जलोऽप्यनन्तं च वेदाः सत्यस्वरूपकम् । स्वेच्छामयं पुराणं च भक्ताश्च नित्यविग्रहम्
pātañjalo'pyanantaṃ ca vedāḥ satyasvarūpakam | svecchāmayaṃ purāṇaṃ ca bhaktāśca nityavigraham
The Pātañjala too (calls him) endless; the Vedas, one whose nature is truth; the Purāṇas, one acting by his own will; and the devotees, one with an eternal body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.77
सोऽयं गोलोकनाथश्च राधेशो नन्दनन्दनः । गोकुले गोपवेषश्च पुण्ये वृन्दावने वने
so'yaṃ golokanāthaśca rādheśo nandanandanaḥ | gokule gopaveṣaśca puṇye vṛndāvane vane
This very one is the lord of Goloka, the lord of Rādhā, the son of Nanda, in cowherd's dress in Gokula, in the holy Vṛndāvana forest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 4 129.78
चतुर्भुजश्च वैकुण्ठे महालक्ष्मीपतिः स्वयम् । नारायणश्च भगवान्यन्नाम मुक्तिकारणम्
caturbhujaśca vaikuṇṭhe mahālakṣmīpatiḥ svayam | nārāyaṇaśca bhagavānyannāma muktikāraṇam
and four-armed in Vaikuṇṭha, himself the husband of Mahālakṣmī, and the Blessed Nārāyaṇa, whose name is the cause of liberation.
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BvP 4 129.79
सकृन्नारायणेत्युक्त्वा पुमान्कल्पशतत्रयम् । गङ्गादिसर्वतीर्थेषु स्नातो भवति नारद
sakṛnnārāyaṇetyuktvā pumānkalpaśatatrayam | gaṅgādisarvatīrtheṣu snāto bhavati nārada
Having said "Nārāyaṇa" but once, a man becomes, for three hundred kalpas, one who has bathed in all the sacred fords beginning with the Ganges, Nārada.
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BvP 4 129.80
सुनन्दनन्दकुमुदैः पार्षदैः परिवारितः । शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मधरः श्रीवत्सलाञ्छनः
sunandanandakumudaiḥ pārṣadaiḥ parivāritaḥ | śaṅkhacakragadāpadmadharaḥ śrīvatsalāñchanaḥ
Surrounded by his attendants Sunanda, Nanda and Kumuda, bearing conch, discus, mace and lotus, marked with the Śrīvatsa,
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BvP 4 129.81
कौस्तुभेन मणीन्द्रेण भूषितो वनमालया । देवैः स्तुतश्च यानेन वैकुण्ठं स्वपदं ययौ
kaustubhena maṇīndreṇa bhūṣito vanamālayā | devaiḥ stutaśca yānena vaikuṇṭhaṃ svapadaṃ yayau
adorned with the Kaustubha, the chief of gems, and with a forest-garland, and praised by the gods, he went by his vehicle to Vaikuṇṭha, his own abode.
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BvP 4 129.82
गते वैकुण्ठनाथे च राधेशश्च स्वयं प्रभुः । चकार वंशीशब्दं च त्रैलोक्यमोहनं परम्
gate vaikuṇṭhanāthe ca rādheśaśca svayaṃ prabhuḥ | cakāra vaṃśīśabdaṃ ca trailokyamohanaṃ param
And when the lord of Vaikuṇṭha had gone, the lord of Rādhā, himself the Master, made the sound of his flute, supremely bewitching to the three worlds.
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BvP 4 129.83
मूर्च्छांप्रापुर्देवगणा मुनयश्चापि नारद । अचेतना बभूवुश्च मायया पार्वतीं विना
mūrcchāṃprāpurdevagaṇā munayaścāpi nārada | acetanā babhūvuśca māyayā pārvatīṃ vinā
The hosts of gods fell into a swoon, and the sages too, O Nārada; by (his) māyā they became senseless, all except Pārvatī.
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BvP 4 129.84
उवाच पार्वती देवी भगवन्तं सनातनम् । विष्णुमाया भगवती सर्वरूपा सनातनी
uvāca pārvatī devī bhagavantaṃ sanātanam | viṣṇumāyā bhagavatī sarvarūpā sanātanī
The goddess Pārvatī spoke to the eternal Lord — she who is Viṣṇu's māyā, the blessed one, of all forms, everlasting,
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BvP 4 129.85
परब्रह्मस्वरूपा या परमात्मस्वरूपिणी । सगुणा निर्गुणा सा च परा स्वेच्छामयी सती
parabrahmasvarūpā yā paramātmasvarūpiṇī | saguṇā nirguṇā sā ca parā svecchāmayī satī
who is of the nature of the supreme Brahman, whose form is the supreme Self, who is both with qualities and without qualities, supreme, acting by her own will, the chaste one:
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BvP 4 129.86
पार्वत्युवाच एकाऽहं राधिकारूपा गोलोके रासमण्डले । रासशून्यं च गोलोकं परिपूर्ण कुरु प्रभो
pārvatyuvāca ekā'haṃ rādhikārūpā goloke rāsamaṇḍale | rāsaśūnyaṃ ca golokaṃ paripūrṇa kuru prabho
Pārvatī said: I alone, in the form of Rādhikā, am in Goloka in the circle of the rāsa dance; O Lord, make full again that Goloka which is empty of the rāsa.
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BvP 4 129.87
गच्छ त्वं रथमारुह्य मुक्तामाणिक्यभूषितम् । परिबूर्णतमाऽहं च तव वङः स्थलस्थिता
gaccha tvaṃ rathamāruhya muktāmāṇikyabhūṣitam | paribūrṇatamā'haṃ ca tava vaṅaḥ sthalasthitā
Go, mounting the chariot adorned with pearls and rubies; and I, the most complete one, stand at your left side.
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BvP 4 129.88
तवाऽऽज्ञया महालक्ष्मीरहं वैकुण्ठगामिनी । सरस्वती च तत्रैव वामे पार्श्वे हरेरपि
tavā''jñayā mahālakṣmīrahaṃ vaikuṇṭhagāminī | sarasvatī ca tatraiva vāme pārśve harerapi
By your command I am Mahālakṣmī, who goes to Vaikuṇṭha; and Sarasvatī too is there, at Hari's left side.
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BvP 4 129.89
तवाहं मनसा जाता सिन्धुकन्या तवाऽऽज्ञया । सावित्री वेदमाताऽहं कलया विधिसंनिधौ
tavāhaṃ manasā jātā sindhukanyā tavā''jñayā | sāvitrī vedamātā'haṃ kalayā vidhisaṃnidhau
I was born from your mind as the daughter of the ocean by your command; I am Sāvitrī, mother of the Vedas, by a portion (of myself) in the presence of the Creator.
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BvP 4 129.90
तैजःसु सर्वदेवानां पुरा सत्ये तवाऽऽज्ञया । अधिष्ठानं कृत तत्र धृतं देव्या शरीरकम्
taijaḥsu sarvadevānāṃ purā satye tavā''jñayā | adhiṣṭhānaṃ kṛta tatra dhṛtaṃ devyā śarīrakam
In the energies of all the gods, formerly in the Satya (age), by your command, a seat was made there, and the goddess assumed a body.
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BvP 4 129.91
शुम्भादयश्च दैत्याश्च निहताश्चावलीलया । दुर्ग निहत्य तुर्गाऽहं त्रिपुरा त्रिपुरे वधे
śumbhādayaśca daityāśca nihatāścāvalīlayā | durga nihatya turgā'haṃ tripurā tripure vadhe
And the demons beginning with Śumbha were slain as if in play; having slain Durga I am Durgā, and Tripurā in the slaying of Tripura.
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BvP 4 129.92
निहत्य रक्तबीजं च रक्तबीजविनाशिनी । तवाऽऽज्ञया दक्षकन्या सती सत्यस्वरूपिणी
nihatya raktabījaṃ ca raktabījavināśinī | tavā''jñayā dakṣakanyā satī satyasvarūpiṇī
And having slain Raktabīja, (I am) the destroyer of Raktabīja; by your command (I became) Dakṣa's daughter Satī, whose nature is truth.
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BvP 4 129.93
योगेन त्यक्त्वा देहं च शैलजाऽहं तवाऽऽज्ञया । त्वया दत्तवा (त्ताः शंकराय गोलोके रासमण्डले
yogena tyaktvā dehaṃ ca śailajā'haṃ tavā''jñayā | tvayā dattavā (ttāḥ śaṃkarāya goloke rāsamaṇḍale
And having abandoned that body by yoga, I am the mountain-born (Pārvatī) by your command; (and I was) given by you to Śaṃkara in Goloka, in the circle of the rāsa.
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BvP 4 129.94
विष्णुभक्तिरहं तेन विष्णुमाया च वैष्णवी । नारायणस्य मायाऽहं तेन नारायणी स्मृता
viṣṇubhaktirahaṃ tena viṣṇumāyā ca vaiṣṇavī | nārāyaṇasya māyā'haṃ tena nārāyaṇī smṛtā
I am devotion to Viṣṇu, therefore Viṣṇumāyā and Vaiṣṇavī; I am the māyā of Nārāyaṇa, therefore I am called Nārāyaṇī.
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BvP 4 129.95
कृष्णप्राणाधिकाऽहं च प्राणाधिष्ठातृदेवता । महाविष्णोश्च वासोश्च जननी राधिका स्वयम्
kṛṣṇaprāṇādhikā'haṃ ca prāṇādhiṣṭhātṛdevatā | mahāviṣṇośca vāsośca jananī rādhikā svayam
I am dearer to Kṛṣṇa than his life-breath, and the deity presiding over the life-breath; and I am Rādhikā herself, the mother of Mahāviṣṇu and of the abode(?).
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BvP 4 129.96
तवाऽऽज्ञया पञ्चधाऽहं पञ्चप्रकृतिरूपिणी । कलाकलांशयाऽहं च देवपत्नयो गृहे गृहे
tavā''jñayā pañcadhā'haṃ pañcaprakṛtirūpiṇī | kalākalāṃśayā'haṃ ca devapatnayo gṛhe gṛhe
By your command I am fivefold, having the form of the five primal natures; and by a portion, and a portion of a portion, I am the wives of the gods in house after house.
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BvP 4 129.97
शीघ्रं गच्छ महाभाग तत्राऽहं विरहातुरा । गोवीभिः सहिता रासं भ्रमन्ती परितः सदा
śīghraṃ gaccha mahābhāga tatrā'haṃ virahāturā | govībhiḥ sahitā rāsaṃ bhramantī paritaḥ sadā
Go quickly, greatly fortunate one; there I am afflicted by separation, wandering always about the rāsa (circle) together with the cowherd women.
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BvP 4 129.98
पार्वतीवचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य रसिकेश्वरः । रत्नयानं समारुह्य ययौ गोलोकमुत्तमम्
pārvatīvacanaṃ śrutvā prahasya rasikeśvaraḥ | ratnayānaṃ samāruhya yayau golokamuttamam
Hearing Pārvatī's words, the lord of connoisseurs laughed, and mounting the jewelled vehicle he went to highest Goloka.
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BvP 4 129.99
पार्वती बोधयामास स्वयं देवगणं तथा । मायावंशीरवाच्छन्नं विष्णुमाया सनातनी
pārvatī bodhayāmāsa svayaṃ devagaṇaṃ tathā | māyāvaṃśīravācchannaṃ viṣṇumāyā sanātanī
Pārvatī herself awakened the host of gods, who had been overwhelmed by the sound of the flute of māyā — she, the eternal Viṣṇumāyā.
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BvP 4 129.100
कृत्वा ते हरिशब्दं च स्वगृहं विस्मयं ययुः । शिवेन सार्धं दुर्गा सा प्रहृष्टा स्वपुरं ययौ
kṛtvā te hariśabdaṃ ca svagṛhaṃ vismayaṃ yayuḥ | śivena sārdhaṃ durgā sā prahṛṣṭā svapuraṃ yayau
Having raised the cry of "Hari!", they went to their own homes in amazement; and Durgā, greatly delighted, went with Śiva to her own city.
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BvP 4 129.101
अथ कृष्णं समायान्तं राधा गोपीगणैः सह । अनुव्रजं ययौ हृष्टा सर्वज्ञा प्राणवल्लभम्
atha kṛṣṇaṃ samāyāntaṃ rādhā gopīgaṇaiḥ saha | anuvrajaṃ yayau hṛṣṭā sarvajñā prāṇavallabham
Then Rādhā, all-knowing, went joyfully forth with the throngs of gopīs, following after Kṛṣṇa, the beloved of her life, as he approached.
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BvP 4 129.102
दृष्ट्वा समीपमायान्तमवरुह्य रथात्सती । प्रणनाम जगन्नाथं सिरसा सखिभिः सह
dṛṣṭvā samīpamāyāntamavaruhya rathātsatī | praṇanāma jagannāthaṃ sirasā sakhibhiḥ saha
Seeing (him) coming near, the virtuous lady descended from the chariot and, together with her companions, bowed with her head to the Lord of the world.
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BvP 4 129.103
गोपा गोप्यश्च मुदिताः प्रफुल्लवदनेक्षणाः । दुंदुभिं वादयामासुरीश्वरागमनोत्सुकाः
gopā gopyaśca muditāḥ praphullavadanekṣaṇāḥ | duṃdubhiṃ vādayāmāsurīśvarāgamanotsukāḥ
The cowherds and the cowherd women, delighted, their faces and eyes beaming, sounded the drum, eager for the Lord's arrival.
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BvP 4 129.104
विरजां च समुत्तीर्य दृष्ट्वा राधां जगत्पतिः । अवरुह्य रथात्तूर्णं गृहीत्वा राधिकाकरम्
virajāṃ ca samuttīrya dṛṣṭvā rādhāṃ jagatpatiḥ | avaruhya rathāttūrṇaṃ gṛhītvā rādhikākaram
And having crossed over the Virajā and seen Rādhā, the Lord of the world quickly descended from the chariot and took Rādhikā's hand.
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BvP 4 129.105
शतशृङ्गं च बभ्राम सुरम्यं रासमण्डलम् । दृष्ट्वाऽक्षयवटं पुण्यं पुण्यं वृन्दावनं ययौ
śataśṛṅgaṃ ca babhrāma suramyaṃ rāsamaṇḍalam | dṛṣṭvā'kṣayavaṭaṃ puṇyaṃ puṇyaṃ vṛndāvanaṃ yayau
And he wandered about Śataśṛṅga and the exceedingly lovely circle of the rāsa dance; and having seen the holy imperishable banyan, he went to holy Vṛndāvana.
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BvP 4 129.106
तुलसीकाननं दृष्ट्वा प्रययौ मालतीवनम् । वामे कृत्वा कुन्दवनं माधवीकाननं तथा
tulasīkānanaṃ dṛṣṭvā prayayau mālatīvanam | vāme kṛtvā kundavanaṃ mādhavīkānanaṃ tathā
Having seen the tulasī grove, he went on to the mālatī wood, keeping to the left the kunda wood and likewise the mādhavī grove.
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BvP 4 129.107
चकार दक्षिणे कृष्णश्चम्पकारण्यमीप्सिनम् । चकार पश्चात्तूर्णं च चारुचन्दनकाननम्
cakāra dakṣiṇe kṛṣṇaścampakāraṇyamīpsinam | cakāra paścāttūrṇaṃ ca cārucandanakānanam
Kṛṣṇa put the desirable campaka forest on his right, and quickly left the lovely sandalwood grove behind him.
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BvP 4 129.108
ददर्श पुरतो रम्यं राधिकाभवनं परम् । उवास राधया सार्धं रत्नसिंहासने वरे
dadarśa purato ramyaṃ rādhikābhavanaṃ param | uvāsa rādhayā sārdhaṃ ratnasiṃhāsane vare
Before him he saw the delightful, supreme dwelling of Rādhikā, and together with Rādhā he sat down on an excellent jewelled throne.
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BvP 4 129.109
सकर्पूरं च ताम्बूलं बुभुजे वासितं जलम् । सुष्वाप पुष्पतल्पे च सुगन्धिचन्दनार्चिते
sakarpūraṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ bubhuje vāsitaṃ jalam | suṣvāpa puṣpatalpe ca sugandhicandanārcite
He enjoyed betel with camphor and perfumed water, and slept on a bed of flowers honoured with fragrant sandal paste.
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BvP 4 129.110
स रेमे रामया सार्धं निमग्नो रससागरे । इत्येवं कथितं सर्वं धर्मवक्त्राच्च यच्छ्रुतम्
sa reme rāmayā sārdhaṃ nimagno rasasāgare | ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ dharmavaktrācca yacchrutam
He took his pleasure with his beloved, immersed in an ocean of delight. Thus all has been told, as I heard it from the mouth of Dharma —
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BvP 4 129.111
गोलोकारोहणं रम्यं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
golokārohaṇaṃ ramyaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
the delightful ascent to Goloka. What further do you wish to hear?
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BvP 4 129.129
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo गोलोकारोहणं
iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo golokārohaṇaṃ
Thus, in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Mahāpurāṇa, in the Śrīkṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa, in the latter part, in the dialogue of Nārada (and Nārāyaṇa): "The Ascent to Goloka."
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